Windshield construction



E. G.- SIMPSON. WINDSHIELD CONSTRUCTIQNy APPLICATION FILED AIIG.5, |920.

y39280 Patented @ci 49 @El Z'SHEETSMSHEET I.

E.v G. SIMPSON.

' WINDSHIELD CONSTRUCTION. lAPFmcATxoN FILED Aue.5. 1920.

Patented Oct. 4, H2L

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WINBSHXELD CCNSTRUCTEGBT.

I L3@ Specncaton of Letters :Patent:

Application filed August 5, i926. Serial lilo. @5121 fr; NZZ Mio/m may concern.'

lie it known .that Eimer GLENN SIMP- in some eases pa son. e. citizen of tiie United States, residing' et llipjliland Park, in the county of llllayne and Stato oi' lilieliigan, have inventedv certain newv and useful improvements in Windshield Construction, of whichI tbe following' is a sg'iecitication. y

This invention relates to windsbields lor automobiles and'lies for its object a rneclianically-operated windshield vliereby the driver ot tile carcan adj ust one ot die penels Wliilo tbe car is movingpby the eid o1? mechanism having' an advantage in leverage.

notlicr improvement is the arrangement of the panel for relative Inovability in such a Yay as not 'to interfere with a comparatively low hanging' sun-shade or a rain vision elii'eld. l

In tile draWings,-

Figure is an insidev elevation of the shield for a closed body. l

Fig'. .2 is a vertical section of the same.

lfig. il is a fragmentary horizontel crossl section through one of the posts and a part ol' the panels.

Fig. 4.'- is a fragmentary lioriLontel section tln'ouggii the shield at tlic bottom on the line r--ee o Fin'. l.

Fig. is 'aperspective of, tire front of an automobile sbo-.vingr the upper Windshield lowered.

.4 Fig. 6 is a similar vienTv showing tbe upper panel lowered from its closed position.

The windshield is'prirnarily intended for a. cloeed body. o, designates the posts, Z) tbe header. and @the sill. The lower windshield panel is preferably permanently 'fined between tlic posts and has no Inovern nt. ln place ot fitting this panel for venilation, this ventilation is secured by the ventilator e on the cowl. f designittes the Window-Way for the upper panel ,in tbe posts. This window-way extends into a deep Window recess 4r/ inv tbe header. hdesignates a metal Weatherstrip clamped by the resiliency of i the spring metal channel over the upper edge of the lower panel and holding a flexible rubber wiping strip which waves out of the way when the upper panel slides but still acts as a Weather seal.

rlhe sun-shade or awning z' can hangdown comparatively low Without in any wey interfering with the full opening movement of Arecess r; in the header.

able improvement i' but not interfere with upper panel.

The upper panel ine-y be loir-eed normal position to a position. of i.. overlapping' relation 'with tbe 7low see Fig. 5). or the pene-l n ay b Fig. (l) partially within This op shield directly 'above ed@ lower panel es'ivit'li the customary' movement of the *opper panel. Une o' 'the greet 'featnree is tbe mechanism 'for nianipu panel from a remote poiiplaced Witbin easy reach This is accomplished in oi the invention by placingv ent s screive in 'alle 713 groove e in the wii'zdow" post j'ourneled in brackets .7u onlyT et tiiebcttom and floating at their upper ends. The saine brac-lat /c operatively bevel A bracket se :ionrnals abev'el drivin also onrnals the l'iorizoniel shaft ,connected with the screws by the set of gear o Vwbicli meshes with tlie pinion l the shaft Z. spindle g connects the dr ing gear 0 with the crank-'handle 7 located directly in front o1?. the driver on what is ordinarily the instrument board. No clutch to koe the vpanel in any given position is; needed fistlie threads of tbe screw are olf suoli pitch as tobe irreversible by the 'Weight oi the panel.

Obviously the panel may be eerily raised or lowered bythe driver Wliilertlie car is traveling and the annoyance of having; to stop the cer to change the edjnetincnt is avoided. Then. too, the' trouble oil' lnivino u. to ordinarily d' engage a clamp" beore panel' can be moved is done away with.

Another important 'feature ie the upper panel -runs inside channels and the lower panel is set in sido channels end no Wn.- ter can get in at the sides. which is a marked im )rovenoent in present day Windshield oonstruction that has e tendency to let tbe in at the sides'. These cbani als mayl be packed es at w li the Weather.

.What l Gleim is:K

l. lnA a Windshield, wiev posts provided Wit/l1' Winde' the upper panel. Hence this is e considerol provided with panel l seemed in place, and an upper panel slidable either into said panel rei-ess t0 provide an openingr between the panels or into overlappinlgr relation @with said lower panel to pro-v ride a Ventilating opening between the upper panel and the header.

2. ln a windshield, the combination of a pair oli' windshield posts, a lower panel eonni.etin; T the posts at the bottoni` an upper panel normally closing the spaeeebetween the posts above the lower panel, and means for raisinpr the upper panel to separate the same 'lroni llie lower panel to providefa ventilatina opening between the two panels and Vfor lijrwering the upper panel into overlapped relalion with the lower panel to allow a ventilaline' opening between the two posts above the upper panel.

3. In a windshield, the combination of a pair of posts, a lower panel eonneetinlg,Y the posts at the bottom, an upper panel yoonneetinpr the posts above the lower panel and normally closing the opening between the posts above the lowelpanel, means in each post by which the upper panel may be raised and lowered to raise the upper panel above the lower panel to provide' an opening loetween the two panels and to lower the upper panel in lapped position with the lower panel to provide an opening between the posts above-the upper panel, and actuating connections for such means including a l1and operated member located below the lower panel.

.ln testimony whereof I ax my signature.

EMORY GLENN SIMPsoN. 

